Closes gh-22537

Closes gh-22536

Closes gh-22505

Closes gh-22512

Closes gh-22511

Closes gh-22507

See gh-22505

Closes gh-22382

Closes gh-22370

Closes gh-22371

Closes gh-22430

Closes gh-22429

Closes gh-22428

Closes gh-22427

Closes gh-22426

Closes gh-22425

Closes gh-22424

Closes gh-22423

Closes gh-22422

Closes gh-22421

Closes gh-22420

Closes gh-22408

See gh-22382

See gh-22371

See gh-22370

Closes gh-22348

Closes gh-22271

Fixes gh-22169

Closes gh-22189

* gh-22110:
  Improve error handling in JDK upgrade checks

Closes gh-22110

See gh-22110

* gh-22163:
  Remove duplicated icon from git-repo-windows resource definition

Closes gh-22163

See gh-22163

Closes gh-22084

Closes gh-22003

Update the releasescript to ensure that a distribution has been started
before starting it again. This functionality was accidentally removed
during the updates for gh-21474.

See gh-21474

Cherry-pick release script updates from 2.3.x

See gh-21474